Data sheet and copy holder



April 30, 1963 E. K. VAKKINEN DATA SHEET AND COPY HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 6, 1958 he ILZQ 2- Ens/L0 If. Va/Z/(inefl April 1963 E. K. VAKKINEN 3,087,497

DATA SHEET AND COPY HOLDER Filed Jan. 6, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 AAA" bank? 511.510 K. VaM/LHQIZ b w ZW H United States Patent 3,087,497 DATA SHEET AND COPY HOLDER Ensio K. Vakkinen, Mount Prospect, Ill., assignor to Gem eral Binding Corporation, Northbrook, 11]., a corporation of Illinois Filed Jan. 6, 1958, Ser. No. 707,394 1 Claim. (Cl. 129-23) This invention relates to improvements in data boards and more particularly relates to a board for suspending data sheets and the like to accommodate the tabulation of data therefrom.

A principal object of the invention is to provide an improved form of data board in which data may readily be taken from opposite sides of data sheets suspended on the board.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved form of data boar-d having pegs for suspending data sheets and the like, in which the pegs are mounted on a reversible suspending member reversibly mounted on the board to accommodate data to be taken from opposite sides of the data sheets.

These and other objects of the invention will appear from time to time as the following specification proceeds and with reference to the accompanying drawings where- FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a data board constructed in accordance with the invention;

FIGURE 2 is an end view of the board shown in FIG- URE 1, looking at the board from the lower end thereof and showing certain parts thereof in section;

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary side view of the board shown in FIGURE 1 looking at the board from the right hand end thereof with certain parts broken away and certain other parts shown in section; and

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view showing the peg supporting member for supporting data sheets in reversed positions.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, I have shown a rectangular board which may be made from plywood or a like material and may be covered with a hard plastic material such as Formica or the like, indicated by reference character 11. As here in shown, the board is covered with Formica on its opposit-e sides and on three edges thereof. The edge of board 10 which is uncovered is shown as having a tongue 12 extending therealong and registering with a groove 13 formed in a guide member 15 for a head 16 of a straight edge 17. The guide member 15 is shown in FIGURE 2 as being secured to the tongue 12 as by screws 19.

The guide member 15 has an indexing plate 20 recessed within its rear face with its outer side flush with the rear face of said guide member, and secured thereto as by machine screws 21 extending through slots 22 in said indexing plate and threaded within the guide member 15 to accommodate adjustment of said indexing plate with respect to the board 10 and the data sheets thereon to align a slot 23 in the straight edge 17 with aline of data on the data sheet, as will hereinafter be more clearly described as this specification proceeds.

The inner face of the indexing plate 20" is spaced from an inner gibbed face 24 of the guide plate 15 and with said gibbed face forms a gibbed guide for the head 16 of the straight edge 17. The head 16 has a recess 25 extending therealon-g cooperating with the gib of the gibbed face 24, to retain the head 16 and the straight edge 17 in parallel relation with respect to the top and bottom edges of the board as the straight edge 17 is moved vertically along the board.

The indexing plate 20 is shown as having three rows or lines of detent recesses. or holes 29, and 31 extending 3,087,497 Patented Apr. 30, 1963 therealong. The outer row of detent recesses 29 is shown as being spaced to conform to single spacing of the lines of data on a data sheet. The intermediate row of detent recesses 30 is shown as being spaced for double spacing of lines of data on a data sheet, while the inner row of detent recesses 31 is shown as being spaced for triple spacing of lines of data on a data sheet. It is, of course, understood that the spacing of the detent recesses may be varied to accommodate alignment of the straight edge with any desired spacing of lines of data on a data sheet.

An indexing knob 33 is rotatably mounted in the head 16. The knob 33 has a flanged inner end portion 35 engaging a corresponding shouldered portion of an apertured portion in the head 16 forming a rotatable mounting for said knob in said head. The inner side of said knob abuts the indexing plate 20 and is retained to said head 16 by said indexing plate 20. The inner face of the knob 33 is shown as having a detent ball 36 recessed therein in a hole 37 extending within said knob and is retained thereto by a retainer plate 39, secured to the inner face of said knob, as by machine screws 40 or the like. The detent ball 36 is biased into engagement with the selected detent recess in the rows of recesses 29, 3d and 31 by a spring 41, seated within the hole 37.

The knob 33 is indexed by a detent ball 43 engageable with indexing recesses 44 in the face thereof and pressed into engagement therewith as by a spring 4 5 retained in position within the head 16 as by a threaded plug 46. The indexing recesses 44 are spaced in accordance with the spacing between the rows of detent recesses 29, 30 and 31 to index the detent ball 36 with the desired row of detent recesses and the desired spacing between the ines on the data sheet.

The indexing plate 20 is adjustably moved with respect to the guide member 15 and board 10 to calibrate the detent recesses therein with the spacing of lines of data on a data sheet by an adjusting screw 47 threaded within the guide member 15. The adjusting screw 47 extends through a slot of a slotted upturned end 49 of an arm 50, extending upwardly from the indexing plate 20' and formed integrally therewith. The head of the adjustment screw 47 abuts the backside of the slotted upturned end 49 of the arm 50, While a collar 51 which may be formed integrally with said adjustment screw may abut the front side of the slotted upturned end 49. The adjustment screw 47 is thus threaded within the upper end portion of the guide member 15, so that turning movement of said adjustment screw in one direction or another will move the indexing plate 29- -to align the slot 23 and the straight edge 17 with a line of data on a data sheet on the board 10.

Referring now to the means for suspending data sheets to extend along the board 10, a hinge member 53 including a hinge plate 54 is provided with pegs 55 extending inwardly from the plate 54 and through registering apertured portions of an opposite hinge plate 56, when the hinge member is closed. The pegs 55 are herein shown as being rectangular in cross-section and tapering to a point at their outer ends to accommodate ready opening and closing of the hinge to readily remove or place a data sheet thereon. The tapered ends of pegs 55 are shown as extending within a slot 57 extending along the face of the board 10 adjacent the upper end thereof when the hinge is reversed, as shown in FIGURE 4.

A plurality of permanent magnets 59 are mounted on the inner side of the hinge plate 54 of the hinge member 53 to hold said hinge member against accidental opening. The permanent magnets 59 may be made from a magnetic material having a high magnetic flux, such as Alnico or a like material serving to hold the hinge member 53 closed and thereby retain a data sheet or sheets to the pegs 55 and accommodating intentional removal thereof. The hinge member 53 is mounted on the board on mounting pin 61 engaging laterally spaced aligned apertures 60 extending through the hinge plates 54 and 56 of the hinge member 53. Said mounting pins are pressed into engagement with drilled holes 62 in the board. Each mounting pin has a tapered outer end to accommodate ready opening and closing of the hinge and has a collar 63 mounted thereon engaging an associated aperture 60 in either of the hinge plates 54 or 56 and forming a mounting for either hinge plate of the hinge member 53, as shown in FIGURES 3 and 4.

A permanent magnet 65 is recessed within the board 10 between the apertures 60 to retain said pins within the respective apertures 60. The permanent magnet 65 like the magnets 59 may be made from a magnetic material having a high magnetic flux such as alnico or a like magnetic material.

It may be seen from FIGURES 3 and 4 that when the hinge member 53 is supported to extend along the top of the board and has a data sheet or sheets impaled on the pegs 55 thereof and it is desired to take data from the backside of the data sheet that the hinge member 53 and pins 61 may readily be removed from the board as a unit and reversed with the tapered ends of the pins 61 fitting within the holes 60 of the board, and retained thereto by the permanent magnet 65.

It may thus be seen that the data sheets may quickly be reversed without removing the sheets from the support member therefor.

The board 10 is shown as having spaced arms 66 extending rearwardly therefrom and pivotally mounted to the rear end of said board as by clips 67 secured to the rear face of said board. The arms 66 may be positioned as shown in FIGURE 3 to extend inwardly of the board to abut the top of the desk or the like or may be folded against the back of the board when not in use or when it is desired to suspend the board vertically. Suction cups 69 are mounted on the back of the board adjacent the bottom thereof to form bumpers for the bottom of the board, and to prevent shifting of the board along the top of a desk.

It may be seen from the foregoing that an improved data sheet and copy holder has been provided increasing the ease with which data on data sheets may be tabulated and enabling data to be readily taken from opposite sides of the data sheets by a simple reversing operation.

It may further be seen that the straight edge of the data board may readily be calibrated to conform to the alignment of data on the peg board and is thereby ac- 4- curately indexed for varying spacings of lines on the data sheet.

While I have herein shown and described one form in which my invention may be embodied it should be understood that various modifications and variations of the invention may be effected Without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts thereof as defined by the claim appended hereto.

I claim as my invention:

In a device for facilitating the tabulation of data from data sheets and the like, a rectangular board, means for suspending data sheets from the top of said board comprising a hinge member including two pivotally connected hinge plates, a row of pegs mounted on one of said hinge plates, and extending therefrom, the other of said hinge plates being apertured in alignment with said row of pegs to receive said row of pegs when the hinge is closed, at least one permanent magnet mounted on one of said hinge plates for retaining said hinge member in a closed condition against accidental opening, and means for supporting said hinge member on said board and accommodating ready reversal thereof, comprising a plurality of spaced pins mounted in said board, said hinge plates having apertured portions spaced outwardly of said row of pegs for registry with said pins, and a permanent magnet imbedded within said board and extending therealong for a portion of the length thereof, in alignment with and between said pins and adapted to abut one of said hinge plates upon the placing of said hinge member on said pins and to retain said hinge member to the board and accommodate the ready removal and reversal of said hinge member on said board.

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